“There's this very vulnerable planet of ours with finite resources. Arc...” — Robin Day Quote

There's this very vulnerable planet of ours with finite resources. Architects and designers have, I think, a fair responsibility for conserving energy and materials, and making things durable.

I think there's a tendency for modern man to become dominated by gadgets and machines, taking us further and further away from the things I've been talking about.

I can't climb very seriously now but I was a bit of a freak.

Magazines and advertising are flogging the idea that you have to keep changing things and get something new. I think that's balls - evil. But obviously that's your livelihood.

I think it's really important to use your hands and get close to materials. To be up close to real things like rain and mud; to have contact with nature.

All clients think that they are architects.

Architects design buildings; that's what we do, so we have to go with the flow; and, even though I'm still an old Leftie, global capitalism does have its good side. It's broken down barriers - the Berlin Wall, the Soviet Union - it's raised a lot of people up economically, and for architects, it has meant that we can work around the world.

Architects like to work in a problematic environment.

Some of my best friends are architects. And they definitely do have ears. But I think sometimes they don't use them when they're designing buildings.